Edmund Kemper

Why Serial Killers Kill “I just liked to kill, I wanted to kill.” A quote from Ted Bundy an American serial killer during the 70s. Ted Bundy just like all serial killers fell under some sort of category for the reason of why they kill. The top categories that serial killers fall under are lust, feeling of power, mission oriented, and comfort. Many of the most famous serial killers that you may have heard of fall under one of these four categories. One of the more common reasons that serial…

He goes by the name of Edmund Kemper. Edmund was just your average little boy growing up, he was very close to his father and was had an IQ of 145 in high school. Everything changed in 1957 when Edmund's parents got divorced and he was forced to move away and live with his mom. At a young age Edmund would perform weird sexual rituals with his sister's dolls and enact murdering scenes between the dolls. Edmund would always tell his sister his favorite part about playing…

Growing up in a broken household, Edmund Kemper was brought up to inevitably become a killer. Early in childhood, Kemper was already showing signs of violent tendencies, and by the age of ten, he killed his cat and cut off its head (Newton 143). Then at the age of 14, Kemper claimed his first victim…his own grandmother, shortly followed by his grandfather (143). In the 1970’s, Kemper knew something was wrong with him, and he tried several times to tell his friends, who were police officers, that…

Randy Kraft convicted of 16 counts of murder and rape of young men. Herbert Mullin an almost forgotten serial killer from the 1970's who committed 13 murders. This lunatic believed that his killings would help to prevent earthquakes. Edmund Kemper a six foot nine mountain of a man who was every bit the monster that his size would indicate. His total number of murders may only be in the single digits, but of all the killers that…

Serial Killer Profiling: Born or Made Serial Killers are often classified with mental disabilities. Although their actions are commonly associated with mental disorders, serial killers have their own classification. Their appalling path of logic impels their murderous habits. Therefore, their brutal actions are not considered a diagnosis. It has been proven that serial killers are copiously cognizant of their actions. Not all mentally unstable people are capable of committing such crimes.…

My ideal career choice is to work for the FBI as a criminal profiler. Being a criminal profiler appeals to me because they are able to analyze a crime scene for any evidence and they must get into the mindset of a criminal or a serial killer to solve it. They must put little pieces of a puzzle together to see the finished picture. Since I was young, I was always fascinated by the detective or crime shows on T.V., as well as the Sherlock Holmes movies, which is why this career choice has always…

An Exploration of Common Traits in Serial Killers It is estimated that there are 35-40 active serial killers active in the United States today (Bartol & Bartol, 2016). While this number may seem small in comparison to the population of the United States, (an estimated 323,127,513 people according to the U.S. Census Bureau (n.d.)), the acts of these individuals leave a lasting impression on the rest of society. Their crimes not only affect their victims and their victims’ families, it also…

Psychopathology is a discipline under the career of Forensic Psychology that can spark interests within a lot of people, that they may not even knew they had. With shows such as Criminal Minds, Making a Murderer, and the Forensic Files available to the public, it is easy to develop curiousity about how the mind works. Though the brain is generally wired the same within every human being in regards to anatomy, there are differences in how people react to the same things. These small variations…

Like convicted serial killer Edmund Kemper, whose IQ was merely four points below the genius mark of 140, they often hold a superiority complex over other people. (Biography 2016). This mindset allows them ability to manipulate others and blatantly lie without being caught, hence their willingness to be interrogated and their confidence to be able to get away with it. Although serial killers are said to either be mentally ill or traumatized from painful childhoods, Kemper was extremely…

Are the criminals rational decision makers, or are they motivated by uncontrollable psychological and emotional drives? It depends on the person and the crime as well. Most of the crimes seem to be motivated by uncontrollable psychological and emotional drives, but if we analyzed deeply we may find out that that they are rational. For example serial killers it looks they are drive by emotions, but if we look the victims we will found that the victims are very similar. They are not random; they…